Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra: "Plutonian Nights" (1959)
George Russell Orchestra featuring Bill Evans: "Waltz from Outer Space" (1960)
Dinah Washington with the Fred Norman Orchestra: "Destination Moon" (1962)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: "Unisphere" (1964)
The Modern Jazz Quartet: "A Visitor from Mars"; "A Visitor from Venus" (1970)
Ornette Coleman Band: "Science Fiction" (1971)
Weather Report: "Mysterious Traveller" (1974)
So interesting to listen to that Melle track - I only know him for his TV work - thanks chum.
ReplyDeleteI was tempted to go with his late '60s album TOME VI, but he did consistently interesting work...
ReplyDeleteA nice idea for a theme and an excellent selection. I've also not listened to any of Gil Melle's recordings, so thanks for posting this one. George Russell is still fresh and amazing, and you can't go wrong with the Queen.
ReplyDeleteThanks as well, Jim--NIGHT GALLERY, with Mellé, John Lewis and others scoring it, did nothing to not further my appreciation of certain musical forms when very young...and Russell hadn't done quite as much as thematically relevant as Mellé, Sun Ra or Return to Forever, but nearly so...I was surprised the Washington was as late a recording as it was.
ReplyDelete...and I certainly couldn't call this post Space Jazz, for fairly obvious reasons...not that I was tempted...
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